GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohorts | companion |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| exude | to ooze out |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |